... I FROM FRIDAY'S LONDON CAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, Dec. 19. ]st or Grenadier Foot Guards: Lieut.-Col. C. J. Hill, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice G. W. Eyres, who exchanges; Lieut. and Capt. the Hon. P. A. E. Freke to be Cap- tain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires; Ea- sign and Lieut. R. Bradford to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur- ...

... 21HE AORNING CHRONICLE. LONDON: AfONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1846. The interesting question, What will Sir RorsBRT PEEL do? seems still as much a mystery as ever. Too many cooks spoil the broth; in the multitude of counsellors there is not always wisdom; and the plurality of ministerial or quasi-ministerial organs only complicates the existing perplexity as to the Ministerial intentions. With the ...

... [FROM A CORRES1PONDEINT.] BATR, DEC. 5.-One of the most numerous and in'du- ential meetings ever amsembled in the city of Bath, was held yesterday in the Bainquettin.- H3ll of that city, the use of whieh was kinidly granted by the mayor. Between 1,o0o and 2,000 persons were present. Among those present were-the Mayor, Samuel Bachelor, Esq.; the ex-M'\ayor, Admiral Gordon ; Aldermen Rdridge, ...

... DUBLIN, DEc. 7. k [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] k TUE POTATO DISEASE. b The few reports received to- day are of a favourable ten. , dency, inasmuch as they show that the disease is not k further spreading, in some districts at least. From the v county of Galway, which has suffered so very severely, the 7 following report has been received:- I GALWAY, DEC. 6.-During tile present week we have h ...

... SOUTH SRA WHALZING. Captain G. G. Irving, of the schooner Sister, of Hobart Town, arrived at Port Adelaide, July 22, from the new fisheries in the western bays of the province, and he bas kindly favoured us with the following report:- Captain Shepherd's party of twenty-live men and three boats, at Streaky Bay, had captured three whales, one of which produced 16 tuns of oil, the three together ...

... SPA IN. MADRID, DEc. 17. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDFNT.J The proceedings in the Chambers to-day were of little interest. In the Senate the qualifications of various new senators were confirmed, and Senors Ruez de la Vega, Medrana, Lopez Santaella, and the Marquis of Alcaniceo, were elected secretaries, after which the house proceeded to elect tbe committee appointed to draw up the reply to the ...

... MR. WVERSTBR'S SPEECH. I think, gentlemen, there can be no question where we are [renewed cheering]. This is Fanueill Hall. It is filled, as it was wont to be filled inthedaysof our fathers,by firm, intelligent, and disinterested lovers of American liberty. It is filled as we have seen it filled in our day and genera- tion, and as may Heaven order it may be filled hereafter, byour children and ...

... The LONDO.N GA aET2R of TU.ESDA y, Dec. 9. WHITEHALL, DEc. 6.fi The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William f Mangall Simpson to the church and parish of Stranraer, in ?? and county of Wigtown, vacant by e death of the Rev. David Wilson. c WHITEHALL, DPC. 8. The Queen hits been pleased to a oI ?? b Lord Polwarth to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the Shire of Selkirk, in the ...

... ,SACRED HAR14MONIC SOCIETY. The 2lfcesia&e was performed last evening at Exeter Hall. The only novel feature of the performanee was the first ap- pearance before a London audience of Mrs. SUNDERLAND, a lady of very considerable reputation in the northern pro- vinces, where sacred music has long flourished more than in any other part of Great Britain. Mrs. SUNDERLAND has for some years been the ...

... MINISTRRIAL MOVEMENTS. Lord John Russell, accompanied by the Marquess of Lansdowne, arrived in town yesterday morning at half-past eleven o'clock from Windsor Castle. A messenger had previously been despatched from Windsor by Lord John Russell with orders to sum- mon a meeting of the noble lord's friends at his mansion in Chesham-place, at twelve o'clock. The Duke of Bedford arrived in ...

... RETURN OF THE COURT TO LONDON.-Hcr Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, will take their departure from Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace, according to present arrangements, on Tuesday, the 20th of next month, two days before the meeting of Parliament, which will be opened by her Majesty in person. Instructions to this effect have been forwarded to ...

... ?? MADRID, DEC. 15. CIVAx OUIL CORRESPONDENT.] The Spanish Cortes were opened to-day by the Queen III person, with all the usual ceremonies. The troops of ?? garrlson took up their position, soon after twelve o'clock, in the streets through which the royal procession was te pass, the artillery being drawn up In the square before thi principal entrance of the palace, the cavalry between tht ...